PLT ON APCH TO LAND HAS MULTIPLE BIRD STRIKES WHEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATE THE HIGH GRASS IN WHICH THE BIRDS HOUSE THEMSELVES. ALLEGEDLY; ARPT IS POORLY RUN AND HAS MANY TXWY AND RWY LIGHTS OTS.

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ON APCH (VISUAL) TO JZP; DICKENS COUNTY ARPT; JASPER; GA; I HAD MULTIPLE BIRD STRIKES ON SHORT FINAL DUE TO THE FACT THE GRASS ALONG THE RWY IS EXTREMELY LONG; RARELY CUT AND IS A HAVEN FOR BIRDS. THE COUNTY RUN ARPT IS POORLY RUN AND HAS NO PLAN OR STAFF TO CUT THE GRASS. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IS NUMEROUS LIGHTS DO NOT WORK ON THE L SIDE OF RWY 34; SO BIRDS WERE STARTLED BY MY STROBES AND LNDG LIGHTS. THE ACFT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE HITS AND KILLED SEVERAL BIRDS FROM THE PROP. ACFT WAS A BLOODY MESS. ARPT IS POORLY RUN WITH VERY LITTLE UPKEEP. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT OTHER PLTS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROB; TOO. HE HAS SPOKEN TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS REGARDING THE SIT AND DOES NOT SEEM TO GET MUCH RESPONSE. FEDERAL MONIES HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FOR WIDENING THE RWY AND ALL SEEMS TO BE ON HOLD UNTIL THAT PROCESS CAN GET STARTED. BUT THIS HAS BEEN THE EXCUSE FOR ABOUT 5-6 YRS. RPTR FEELS THIS IS REALLY AN EMER SIT AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT. JUST CUTTING THE GRASS WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE THE BIRDS WOULD NOT BE SO INCLINED TO NEST THERE AND THE LIGHTS WHICH DO WORK WOULD BE VISIBLE WHEN THEY CAN BE TURNED ON. MOST PLTS WHO ARE BASED HERE ARE AFRAID THE TIE-DOWN RATES WILL BE RAISED IF THEY COMPLAIN. RPTR ACFT IS A C210.